President Tilghman earned a salary of $764,108 and additional benefits worth more than $117,000 in 2008–09, according to IRS data compiled by The Chronicle of Higher Education. Thirty-one college and university presidents earned more than $1 million, including three from Ivy League institutions. The eight Ivy presidents, in order of total compensation:
Lee C. Bollinger, Columbia $1,753,984
Richard C. Levin, Yale $1,530,008
Amy Gutmann, Univ. of Penn. $1,367,004
David J. Skorton, Cornell $915,913
Ruth J. Simmons, Brown $884,771
Shirley M. Tilghman, Princeton $881,151
Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard $822,011
James E. Wright, Dartmouth $687,404 (Retired in June 2009)